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13 Apr 2021
BASELINE ENDLINE COVERAGE SQUEAC SURVEY FOR THE IMAM SURGE PILOT IN MARSABIT AND ISIOLO COUNTIES - (Re - Advertisement)
Background and context
While Kenya has continually seen improvement in nutrition indicators including improvements in dietary diversity, one notable counter trend was the prevalence of wasted children. Acute malnutrition rates in northern Kenya remain poor, but too frequently remain at or above emergency levels. Rates frequently fail to improve even when households’ access to food and quality healthcare improves. USAID is funding investment to tackle persistent acute malnutrition in Kenya, recognising that this problem requires an approach that goes beyond short-term humanitarian response and must tackle the immediate and underlying causes of acute malnutrition through integrated, multi-sectoral activities that leverage ongoing emergency and development activities.